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Maersk Line Orders Seven Containerships

Friday, 27 March 2015 08:01

Maersk Line signed a new building order today ( 26 ) with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China for seven 3,600 TEU container vessels.

In an interview with Variety, Vin Diesel said Furious 7 "will probably win best picture at the Oscars, unless the Oscars don't want to be relevant ever."

Fast food chain McDonald’s has entered the fashion industry with a range of Big Mac inspired clothing and home decoration items.

Twitter has augmented its range of services with the launch of Periscope, a live-video app recently acquired by the micro-blogging platform which utilises smartphone cameras to broadcast footage from any location with sufficient mobile data bandwidth.

Celebrating the hotel’s history of warmly receiving memorable people, The Galle Face Hotel recently welcomed Commander Anthony Pearse as he sailed his way back to Sri Lanka after 72 years.

 

Oracle has announced significant recruitment plans that will add 1,000 new employees to its sales force across Asia Pacific (APAC).

In a resounding endorsement of Softlogic Finance PLC and its business strategy, the recent Rights Issue of the Company was over-subscribed by over 150% with the new equity infusion of Rs 401 million, boosting the Total Equity position of the Company to Rs 1.9 billion.

Sri Lankan lotteries innovator Mahapola Lotto has already awarded two Rs. 4 million jackpots in less than a year, with the first awarded in July 2014 and the most recent in February 2015.

Lenovo, the world’s largest PC maker and an emerging PC Plus leader, has appointed Sri Lanka’s cricketer and the current captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, Angelo Mathews as its official brand ambassador in the country.

BBDO Lanka launched its ‘Force for Good’ initiative in February 2012 by becoming the first advertising agency in South Asia to be certified ‘carbon neutral’.